Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
The percentage of respondents who report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months
Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production.
Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.
Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
The percentage of respondents who report using mobile money, a debit or credit card, or a mobile phone to receive a payment through an account in the past 12 months. It also includes respondents who report receiving remittances, receiving payments for agricultural products, receiving government transfers, receiving wages, or receiving a public sector pension directly into a financial institution account or through a mobile money account in the past 12 months
The percentage of respondents who report using mobile money, a debit or credit card, or a mobile phone to make a payment from an account, or report using the internet to pay bills or to buy something online, in the past 12 months. It also includes respondents who report paying bills or sending remittances directly from a financial institution account or through a mobile money account in the past 12 months
The percentage of respondents who report using mobile money, a debit or credit card, or a mobile phone to make a payment from an account, or report using the internet to pay bills or to buy something online, in the past 12 months. It also includes respondents who report paying bills, sending or receiving remittances, receiving payments for agricultural products, receiving government transfers, receiving wages, or receiving a public sector pension directly from or into a financial institution account or through a mobile money account in the past 12 months
Account denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution or report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months (% age 15+).
The percentage of respondents who report personally receiving any payment from the government in the past 12 months. This includes payments for educational or medical expenses, unemployment benefits, subsidy payments, or any kind of social benefits. It also includes pension payments from the government, military, or public sector as well as wages from employment in the government, military, or public sector
The percentage of respondents who report neither a deposit into nor a withdrawal from their account in the past 12 months.
The percentage of respondents who report having a credit card
The percentage of respondents who report having an outstanding loan for a funeral or wedding
Among respondents with a financial institution account or a mobile money account, the percentage who report using a mobile phone or the internet to make a payment, to make a purchase, or to send or receive money through their financial institution account or through the use of a mobile money service in the past 12 months.
The percentage of respondents who report personally receiving a pension from the government, military, or public sector in the past 12 months
The percentage of respondents who report personally receiving any financial support from the government in the past 12 months. This includes payments for educational or medical expenses, unemployment benefits, subsidy payments, or any kind of social benefits. It does not include a pension from the government, military, or public sector; wages; or any other payments related to work
The percentage of respondents who report personally making regular payments for school fees in the past 12 months
The percentage of respondents who report personally making regular payments for water, electricity, or trash collection in the past 12 months
The percentage of respondents who report personally sending any of their money in the past 12 months to a relative or friend living in a different area of their country. This can be money they brought themselves or sent in some other way
The percentage of respondents who report personally receiving any money in the past 12 months from a relative or friend living in a different area of their country. This includes any money received in person
The percentage of respondents who report personally sending any of their money in the past 12 months to, or receiving any of it from, a relative or friend living in a different area of their country
Among respondents reporting that in case of an emergency it is possible for them to come up with 1/20 of gross national income (GNI) per capita in local currency, the percentage who cite some other source as their main source of this money
Among respondents reporting that in case of an emergency it is possible for them to come up with 1/20 of gross national income (GNI) per capita in local currency, the percentage who cite the sale of assets as their main source of this money
Among respondents reporting that in case of an emergency it is possible for them to come up with 1/20 of gross national income (GNI) per capita in local currency, the percentage who cite borrowing from a bank, an employer, or a private lender as their main source of this money
